Coffee_Johnny

In other news, it is July 2022. We’ve got the wherewithal to attract Paqueta and other options of that calibre, we can’t make people join us and it wouldn’t be sensible to try and ‘buy willingness’. Sounds like we’ve got a shot; if he doesn’t want to come, then next. But at present he might well want to. I’m just cautiously imagining that rather than dwelling on an imaginary catastrophic collapse of dominoes.

☝️ this really deserves more love. 17 letter poetry.

Odd what tickles you sometimes. The repeated hundreds of people/kids had me in stitches. He should have had the comparison with Maiden Castle days, AP estimates would have been ‘millions’ no doubt!

Well if we really push for him, then it is a good sign given how well Howe and Tindall know his game and character.

Danjuma from Mail: “Newcastle, Manchester United and Liverpool were among the clubs interested in Danjuma with West Ham leading the chase, but they have all now been set back with the Dutchman opting to stay in Spain.”

Is scouse a protected characteristic in USA? (RIP John Lennon)

For fuck’s sake… . (we have to have him now ?)

Some of the forwards we’ve been linked with, in one place (updated): Strikers Barbosa, 25yrs. 88 in 137 for Flamengo. 5 in 18 caps for Brazil. Market value £23.4m (probs add 10-15% to all estimates). Calvert-Lewin, 25yrs. 45 in 164 for Everton. 4 in 11 for England. Market value £36m. Broja, 20yrs. 6 in 32 for Southampton, previous 10 in 30 for Vitesse. 4 in 14 for Albania. Market value £19.8m. Osimhen, 22yrs. 24 in 51 for Napoli, previous 13 in 27 for Lille. 15 in 22 for Nigeria. Market value £55.8m. Ekitike, 20yrs. 10 in 26 for Reims, also 3 in 11 Vejle BK (loan). 0 in 6 France U20. Isak, 22yrs. 32 in 103 for Real Sociedad, previous 18 in 33 (in Germany mainly 2nd tier). 9 in 37 for Sweden. Market value £27m. Wingers Gordon, 21yrs. 4 in 49 for Everton. 4 in 7 caps for England U21. Market value £18m. Diaby, 22yrs. 22 in 92 for Leverkusen, previous 2 in 25 for PSG. 0 in 8 caps for France. Market value £54m. Paquetá, 25yrs. 18 in 65 for Lyon, previous 1 in 37 for Milan. 7 in 33 caps for Brazil. Market value £31.5m. Danjuma, 25 yrs. 10 in 23 for Villarreal, previous 15 in 47 for Bournemouth. 2 in 6 caps for Netherlands. Market value £45m. Hudson-Odoi, 21yrs. 4 in 72 for Chelsea. 0 in 3 full caps for England; 4 in 9 U21. Market value £22.8m. Harrison, 25yrs. 26 in 154 for Leeds. 0 in 2 for England U21. Market value £16.2m. Sarr, 24yrs. 23 in 89 for Watford, previous 13 in 59 for Rennes. 10 in 47 for Senegal. Market value £24.3m. Asensio, 26 yrs. 28 in 160 for Real Madrid, previous 11 in 90 (Mallorca & Espanyol). 1 in 28 for Spain. Market value £36m

Nice! I was tempted by Gordon, but not so much if we don’t sign him.

? never know, might literally be a game changer for him.

Would love to know how he looked in training; what the other players think of of him (you just know don’t you when you’ve picked up a good un) and what the coaching staff are seeing.

I was desperate to get Salah and Son in midfield. Found a way!

We’ve apparently made a £34m bid for Paqueta. https://www.express.co.uk/sport/football/1637373/Arsenal-transfer-news-pushing-hard-Lucas-Paqueta-Lyon-Newcastle-offer

Story out that neither Wood nor Manquillo have reported back yet? Anything in it?

He’ll be well looked after in PSG’s u21s.

If we’re getting all evolutionary, then Africa is just a label some colonial made up, and the myriad of (blood soaked)similarly invented lines which criss cross that particular expanse of land. ? shall we just talk about signing people? Or go broader? Truncally erect bipedal hominids? Fast ones obvs ?‍♂️

Just read that this guy was 15 when he made his first team debut! We’ve had an initial offer of £17m ‘turned down flat by Santos’.

Kevin Gallacher? Not a profilic record (4 goals) but I remember liking him. Big Dunc only got twice as many, similar number of games but it was great having him in the team.

Not pretending anything, or denying the categorical race based comparisons which some people make, just saying that is not what I personally think was the case on this occasion. It is also. It what the original poster say they meant. I also think that jumping to that conclusion when there’s a perfectly understandable and arguably more obvious alternative verges on the offensive.

Man City scored 99… oh it was Man Utd who scored 57.

? Really tickled me ?

Have to say I didn’t read it like that at all. Thought the comparison of players nailed what I was thinking. And I am pretty sure it didn’t involve any casual racism. Just like a Kante is like (a better) Batty would have also been a good comparison.

Could get three packets of tabs for that in 2008!

Use of Mackem (totally tabloid related) rather than Makem (Mak’ ‘em, tak’ ‘em).